From screen to dean

Mark Lukasiewicz was appointed dean of Hofstra University’s Herbert School of Communication.

The new dean, whose appointment is effective July 1, previously spent 17 years at NBC News, serving as executive-in-charge of the NBC News Group Transformation Project, senior vice president of NBC News Specials and the news division’s first vice president of digital media.

Lukasiewicz produced NBC Universal coverage of national and international breaking news, as well as conventions, inaugurations, state funerals and papal conclaves. He planned and supervised coverage of global events such as the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the death of Osama Bin Laden, the visit of Pope Francis to the United States, and interviews with world leaders including Barack Obama and George W. Bush. His programs won 10 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards and the Grand Prize of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.

During his time with NBC, Lukasiewicz helped create a newsroom culture that leveraged technology.

“Mark Lukasiewicz is an outstanding journalist and dynamic leader whose career has been defined by his ability to embrace technology and harness its power to tell some of the most important stories in the world,” Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz said in a statement.